Is the United States going back to the Cold War period? In recent years, the outside world has often asked this question. Look at the US policy toward China, sanctions, decoupling, and containment, one after another, and even made a combination of punches. And that's just what you can see, and there's something you can't see!
Do you still remember the disintegration of the Soviet Union? When the United States dealt with the Soviet Union, it worked together openly and covertly, and in the end it collapsed the Soviet Union without moving a single soldier.
Many people have reminded us to be careful, because the West has used the same tactics against the Soviet Union against us! It is easy to dodge with open guns, but it is difficult to guard against hidden arrows, and strange things have appeared one after another......
What means did the West use against the Soviet Union? How did it use it against us?
How the USSR was brought down
If you want to talk about the Soviet Union, there is a story. In terms of size and military strength, it is not inferior to the United States, and even won the limelight for a time, which makes the United States feel pressure.
However, it is such a big and powerful country that was not crushed by fascist guns during World War II, but was defeated by non-violent means in peacetime.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, US President George W. Bush proudly declared that it was a victory for the United States and a victory for Western democracy.
This is a high-sounding statement, but after knowing the inside story, no matter how you listen to it, it will feel ironic. Why did the Soviet edifice collapse and then collapse overnight? Of course, the fundamental problem lies within.
Looking back, the biggest problem within the Soviet Union was the denial, criticism, and even betrayal of the state by the elites.
Don't think that holding a gun at the people is treason, and the destructive power of ideological poison is even greater. If you shoot with a gun, people will still rise up to resist and have combat effectiveness, but if you poison your mind, you will lose the will to fight and surrender obediently.
At that time, the top leaders of the CPSU seriously deviated from the party's original line and principles, both in terms of ideological understanding and behavioral style, and they had lost their faith.
Starting from Khrushchev, to Brezhnev, to Gorbachev and Yeltsin, we can clearly see the transformation of the leaders of the CPSU.
In the beginning, it was Khrushchev who took the lead in excessively criticizing the country's leaders and the core figures of the CPSU, Stalin and Lenin, even to the extent of smearing and slandering, shaking the foundation of the leadership of the CPSU.
After that, corruption became rampant, and Brezhnev did it to the extreme.
The cadreteen, which takes care of veteran comrades who have made outstanding contributions, has become a "green channel" for state cadres to pursue personal interests and material comforts.
After that, represented by Gorbachev, the negation of the leadership of the CPSU is tantamount to the negation of the Soviet system.
Gorbachev's initiative to relinquish the leadership position of the CPSU was a matter for the Soviet Union, which affected the entire political, economic, and cultural system.
Think about it, if the CPSU ceased to have a leading position, could the USSR still be the USSR?
Western means
During this period, the state of the Soviet Union was from tight on the outside and loose on the inside, to loose on the outside and loose on the inside.
From Khrushchev to Brezhnev, there was all sorts of relaxation within the CPSU. Public officials are relaxed in their thinking, no longer talk about any ideals, and no longer believe in Marxism; their work style is relaxed, and they enjoy how to come, and the common people are hungry, and they eat fragrant and spicy food.
Externally, if we do everything we can to compete with the United States, we must gain the upper hand and not make any concessions.
When it came to Gorbachev and Yeltsin, the CPSU completely opened up internally, "self-criticized" to the point that it did not even want a leading position, and externally, it also relaxed, relaxed relations with the United States, and even had the idea of embracing the West.
They became the "gravediggers" of the Soviet Union and dealt a fatal blow to the Soviet Union.
In this, there is the shadow of the United States everywhere, after all, a one-man show cannot be sung. So, what kind of means has the United States used?
One is the blockade. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union, two camps, almost did not interact with each other, and were basically in a state of complete shielding from each other.
Compared with the Western countries whose economies took off, this had a greater impact on the Soviet Union, and his camp was generally economically backward, and if it was blocked, the economy could not be developed.
In addition, the two countries are competitive powers and have no channels for dialogue with each other. With regard to the other side's strategic policy, it is easy to make military miscalculations by basically guessing, so the United States and the Soviet Union fall into an arms race from time to time, and this is the most money-burning thing.
The Soviet Union had no money in the first place, and it had to tighten its belts to engage in weapons, and the economy was in a mess.
The second is infiltration. What is the best means of infiltration, one is money, the other is spies, and the combination of the two has made the Soviet Union into a miasma.
At that time, the Soviet Union did not lack the will of a great power, nor did it lack a strong military force, so it lacked money, and the whole country wanted to have money. Public officials have no more faith, they just want money, engage in corruption, and become more and more detached from the people.
The people at the bottom are hungry and eager to live a good life with bread and milk. It can be said that from top to bottom, there is a lack of faith and confusion of thought.
At what extent did the social elite stand up again and vigorously spread skepticism and historical nihilism? Some scholars even discussed that Lenin's October Revolution was actually caused by mushroom poisoning!
This discussion in itself is a denial of the legitimacy of the existence of the Soviet Union. You say, the Soviet people listened, can they not be confused?
With money, spies have more room to play, not only to collect intelligence, but also to engage in rebellion.
The Soviet missile designer Kulinov was instigated to rebel and went to the United States with research materials, causing huge losses to the Soviet Union, and was later assassinated; the rebellion did not lead to assassination, for example, the missile expert Chet Karlov was not moved by the sugar-coated shells and suffered a bizarre "car accident."
The third is the export of democracy. Western democracies, cloaked in prosperity, seem harmless to humans and animals, but in fact they are extremely inflammatory.
Relying on the Western-centric narrative system constructed by the United States and Europe in the international arena, the so-called democracy of the West is actually standing on the moral high ground to examine everything that is not Western.
With the blessing of economic prosperity, this scrutiny, and even judgment, is given so-called authority and is therefore persuasive.
Even if they contradict themselves, they are right, because they are used to being the masters of order. At the end of the day, it's they who are more economically powerful and lead the world.
Of course, in the final analysis, it was the Soviet Union's top brass who did not fight and lost their political beliefs, giving the United States an opportunity to take advantage of.
Some people say that now, the United States is using this set on us again.
Repeating the old tricks against China?
Today, the United States feels that China's rise poses a threat to its world hegemony.
Although we have repeatedly stressed that we have no intention of challenging and will not challenge the existing international order and hope to maintain world peace, in the logic of US politicians, we are developing and growing, and we are about to become the world's largest economy, which in itself is a challenge and a threat.
So, he moved out of the way he dealt with the Soviet Union back then, dealing with us, saying one thing with his mouth and doing another with his hands, whitewashing his image for decades, and collapsing in an instant.
The American politicians, who are so anxious to jump to their feet, are racking their brains and trying their best to defeat China wherever they still care about face. Look at what they've done.
Look at the blockade first. First, the trade war, then the technology war, and the financial war, layer by layer, patches are continuous, the purpose is to "decouple" from China, and then a mild word is called "de-risking", and the essence is no different.
The United States has made a loud calculation, trying to find an alternative market, replace the industrial chain, and kick China out.
Until now, the Biden administration is still escalating sanctions in the semiconductor field. Not only that, but the United States has made irresponsible remarks about our cheap and easy-to-use new energy products, and has also asked us to intervene in the market to provide convenience for it.
Political smears are already commonplace, and a few of our commercial balloons floating past can cause "conspiracy theories" among American politicians, and even our garlic can be accused of threatening US national security. All kinds of demonization of China are intended to create a "Sinophobia" atmosphere.
The geopolitical containment is even more varied.
In the past two years, he has brought the Philippines closer to a small circle, consolidated the so-called first island chain, instigated Marcos Jr. to stir up trouble in the South China Sea, and then hyped it up in an attempt to disrupt the South China Sea and damage our image as a peaceful power.
As for other small groups, such as the United States, Japan, South Korea, the United States, Japan, the Philippines, the United States, Japan, India, Australia, and Aukus, they hold meetings from time to time, and from time to time they hold exercises in the waters around us.
In the past, we often said that the United States was engaged in ideological confrontation, but in fact, this was just a means for it to isolate China, intending to draw Western allies together to confront China.
Most typically, the United States is not so hostile to Vietnam, which is also a socialist country.
Let's look at penetration and value output. This trick has not been adopted by the United States in recent years, but it has been used for a long time.
We usually come into contact with a lot of people who often show their faces, such as public intellectuals and media people, as well as those big Vs, standing on the moral high ground of Western-style democracy, criticizing everything, criticizing society, criticizing history, spreading individualism, and historical nihilism.
Of course, spies are indispensable for infiltration, such as Yang Jun, an Internet writer in the early years and later transformed into a public knowledge, and Cheng Lei, a famous CCTV host, are all Western spies who have been hiding in China for many years.
In addition, the illegal arrest of Chinese scholars and entrepreneurs is also a common tactic. Like Dr. Zhang Hao, our chip leader, was deceived by the United States with an academic conference as a bait, and then was arrested. Not to mention the Meng Wanzhou incident.
There are also some people who studied in the United States who died suddenly on the eve of returning to China, such as mathematician Ren Wei, doctor of chemistry Xin Tiansi, etc., these strange things, one after another, it is difficult not to make people suspicious.
Some time ago, the CIA announced in a high-profile manner that it would reopen its intelligence system in China.
Seeing that the United States is so busy, what effect will it have? So far, he has done so far with limited influence, why? China is not the Soviet Union of the past, and he is no longer the United States that called for wind and rain in the past. Sooner or later, the United States will realize this.
epilogue
As the old saying goes, if we take history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. The collapse of the Soviet Union is a warning to us. In the face of unilateral sanctions provoked by the United States, we must be prepared to deal with them in an all-round way, not only to continue to develop the economy and continuously strengthen our economic strength, but also to attach importance to national ideological and cultural education, especially patriotic education for young people, so as to consolidate the national ideological fortress.
On the other hand, we must also have an understanding, don't look at the United States, which is full of tricks and makes a ferocious fuss, it has a bottom line, that is, the two nuclear powers cannot engage in war.
You see, last year, they didn't talk about their credibility, and we closed the channels for military dialogue between the two sides, which made the top level of the US military anxious. Do you still remember Chairman Mao's famous saying? All reactionaries are paper tigers.
Of course, no matter what, we have to be prepared for the worst-case scenario.
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